Machine for forming felt boots or shoes



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I I

DANIEL F. MESSER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE MERINO SHOE ooMrANY,

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MACHINE FOR FORMING FE LT BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,766, dated February 19, .1884.

' Application filed December 22,1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom-it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, DANIEL F. MEssER, of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Forming Felt Boots orShoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is aside view. Fig." dis a view of the improved cone.

This invention relates to improvements in machines which are designed for use in making felt boots, &c., the said invention relating more especially to the formers.

The object of the invention is to simplify the operation of such devices.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates the floor, to which the machinery is secured in proper correlation, B being the driveshaft, with pulleys b b b 0, the base of the former-frame, and D the intermediate gearing. This intermediate gearing, D, consists of a crown-wheel, E, having teeth 6 on the under side, which mesh with a pinion, f, on a shaft, F, the pulley f of which is connected, by a belt, f, with pulley b on shaft B, pulleys b and f being speed-pulleys, as shown. Running from wheel E is a connecting-rod, e, which is jointed at its other end to the runn'er -bar 9 of the former, carrying yoke G. This runner-bar g has a dovetailed connection with the base 0, so that the yoke is adapted to slide along the base, but-cannot come off upward. The arms 9 g of the yoke G, at their upper ends, g support transverse bars H H, to the ends h h of which are secured the journal-boxes h h one set, h, being above the bars, the other set, h below, as shown. In these boxes h 71. turn the journals 7c of the main former-rollers K K, and roller K being slightly above the other roller, K, as shown. These rollers are smaller at their middle than at their ends, so that they fit the cone, as shown. At each end of the former-frame an ancillary former-roll, L, issecured to the arm 9 of the yoke G. These arms 9 g are provided with boxes Z l, in which the journals Z Z of rolls L L run, the latter being thus only supported at one end. These rolls L L have the shape shown in the drawings, having a small end, Z and a larger end, Z being somewhat bell-shaped, their ends Z l" coming close to the ends of the former K K. The'axes of these rollers coincide with a plane drawn just between the rollers K K. g

J ournaled in the lower ends of the arms 9 g of the yoke G, just above the runner-bar g, is a shaft, M, held by collars m m, and

'- carrying a pulley, m, which is connected with pulley b" of shaft Bby band m The pulley m has a' spline-connection with its shaft M, so that they turn together, but the shaft can be moved lengthwise with out affecting the pulley, the latter being held by a finger, m The shaft M has a double pulley, m*, which is connected by a band, N, with a pulley, In", on the journal 7c of roller K, such pulley m having a belt, N, connected with a pulley, k, on the journal 70 of roller K.

In Fig. 4 is shown the cone which is to be used with these formers. The body 1? of the cone is like an ordinary conesuch as has been used for many years in forming hat-bats-and provided with the .usual transverse circumferential groove, 12. Centrally from the ends of this body 1? project angular stemss s, which are provided with catches s 8. On these stems are 'to be slipped the end pieces, S S, of the cone. These are made somewhat like the frusta of cones, except that their sides s s", instead of being straight, are preferably curved, asshown. These endpieces, SS, have angular bores to suit the stems s s, and are slipped on the latter with the smaller ends 8 8 or against the body P inside, and are held in place by the catches s s. This produces a cone such as shown in Fig. 4. The curve given to the end pieces, S S, and that of the ancillary formers L L should be the same, one being convex and the other concave, so that they willfit, and the length of the body 1? of the cone should be the same as that of the formers K K, so that the end pieces, S S, will project beyond the formers.

Vhen the device is used and the cone is placed upon the rollers K K, the enlarged middle of the cone fitting the reduced middle of the rollers, and the end pieces, S S, project ing beyond such rollers and coming over the ancillary rolls L L, the parts being all properly geared, powcris applied to pulley Z), and the web from the carding-machine fed to the formers in the usual way. As the web passes between the rolls and the cone, the rollers are turned by power transmitted from the shaft B through the train of gearing If m m M m N If N 7.7, feeding the web about the cone and causing the latter to turn. As the cone turns and the edges of the web ,come between the end pieces, S S, and the ancillary rolls L L, the frictional contact causes the latter to turn. As the roller K is below the roller K, there is no danger of the web sagging against the former and becoming broken or frayed by frictional contact. As the web passes to the former-frame the latter is given a longitudinally-rcciprocating movement by power trans mitted from the shaft B through the train of gearing bf f F f E c, the runner-bar g sliding in the base 0. As this action continues the web is wound about the cone, the edges of the web lapping at the middle of the cone as the rollers travel, making the bats thicker at this point. The outer portions of the web, as they are wound between the end pieces of the cone and the ancillary rolls, are pressed by the latter over the curved sides of the end pieces and down into the corners between the end pieces and the body of the cone, thus causing the bat to fit the cone perfectly and giving the ends the desired shape. After the web is wound off, the bat is cut on the trans verse middle, the end pieces slipped off their stems, and the two bats slipped from the body of the cone. This isavery simple and expeditious matter. The inner ends of the bats,

being larger than the outer, require no stretching, and hence are easily slipped off, and at the same time the shape of the bats is not altered, as is usual in bats when the outer end of the cone is the larger. The bats thus removed have the proper shape for the resultant article. The end pieces, S S, give the desired shape to the boot portion, the curved sides forming the necessary curve for the instep, and the larger end, where the tops come, being the thickest. The bats are then hardened, felted, lasted, surfaced, and finished, as is usual in this class of goods.

In this application no claim is made to the cone, per 86, shown in Fig. 4. This cone is simply shown and described in this case so as to show its operation with the former-frame. This cone is made the subject of another application filed January 24, 1884.

Having described my invention what I claim 1. In a machine of the kind described, a rectilinearly reciprocating former frame, as set forth.

2. In a machine of the kind described, a former-frame combined with means for imparting rectilinear reciprocating motion to the frame, as set forth.

3. In a machine of the kind described, a rectilinearly-reciprocating former-fran'le having main former-rollers K K and ancillary former-rolls L L, as set forth.

4. A cone having a body and end pieces, in combination with main former-rolls K K and ancillary former-rolls L L, as set forth.

5. In a machine of the kind described, the former-rolls K K, one of which is in a plane below the other, as set forth.

6. A fOll110l fl2"tll1O provided with main former-rollers K K and ancillary former- 'rolls L L, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL F. MESSER.

XVit-nesses:

G120. F. GRAHAM, XVILL A. CoULTER. 

